The alliance is growing across sectors, including civil and commercial space travel and national security, and the two nations are strategizing to address the climate crisis together.
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NASA ready to try out 1,700-square-foot Mars habitat in year-long Earth-bound mission
The habitat test run will be the first of three planned missions in Mars Dune Alpha, a 3D-printed lavacrete structure similar to what NASA may build in the future on the surface of Mars.
NASA details new experiments headed for the space station
SpaceX’s 26th commercial resupply mission, targeted to launch to the International Space Station on Nov. 18, will feature several new experiments and technology to advance the health of astronauts.
NASA to roll out Artemis I for Nov. 14 launch on Moon mission
The Artemis I test flight is an uncrewed mission that will travel beyond the Moon and back to Earth to test propulsion and controls on the Space Launch System rocket and the next-generation Orion crew module.
Maryland students, test pilots, fire questions at space station astronauts
Test pilots under instruction and students from seven Maryland schools pre-recorded videos at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, asking a variety of questions of the astronauts.
Spacecraft Lucy launches to space on a mission to discover
Greenbelt, MD – Lucy is a first-of-its-kind mission for NASA that will explore Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids to learn more about how our solar system came to exist. Lead by Greenbelt’s own NASA Goddard, Lucy is expected to travel 4 billion…
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center set to launch next-gen telescope in October
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is planning to put a new deep-space telescope into operation in October. The James Webb Space Telescope will replace the Hubble Telescope and have greater capabilities to see farther into the universe than…
At symposium, Van Hollen stresses support for scientists, seriousness of climate change
COLUMBIA, Maryland — Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Wednesday stressed the urgency of understanding climate change and dismissed Trump administration efforts to ban the term as “all nonsense.” The Democrat, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, told the…
What you need to know about the SCMAGLEV project
Work on the high-speed superconducting magnetic levitation (SCMAGLEV) system could begin as soon as 2019.